It actually makes no difference to the appearance whether the gimp goes under the right or left hand thread. What is altered is the twists before and after.
If you analyse the procedure and want to have a twist before and after the gimp you need to do three twists in total; the third 'sits' above and below the gimp itself. So, assuming you have one twist only already, and you go under the left hand thread then the gimp will slip between those twists and it will appear as if there is no twist. And if you have two twists to match the rest of the pattern and go under the left thread it will now appear as if you have only one. For this reason I teach my students to lift the right thread (it's the right one (as in correct) to do!), then as they do the next twist they see that the 'gate is still open' and that they need to do the third twist. If they lift-the-left they have to remember to do the extra twist first. Jacquie - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
